Post your MPG in Diesels.

[countrycampers3]

Hi everyone,
Looking at getting a diesel truck. Would appreciate your feedback on what you have, and what you get.
Please give me a Truck year, make, model, transmission, rear end ratio.

Empty MPG, City/Hwy.
Loaded MPG City/Hwy.

Plus were your at, Mountains, flatland, rolling hills.

Thanks Doug:C

Well thanks for all the info everyone. I see this post is not dead and it keeps on giving.
Update. I ended up getting a 2008 Ford F-350 dually Flatbed. And a New 2013 NorthStar Arrow 8.5 Love them both expecially the extra storage compartments on the outside of the camper.
Now these numbers are winter diesel and that tends to be a little less economy I would assume.
Empty 55mph - 15-19
Empty interstate 75mph - 12
T/C loaded - 9.5 any speed
Heres a photo.

[hl_remington]

Have a Ford 350 PSD ext.cab lwb stock 94000 mi
pulling 288rls Jayco bumper pull
with trailer 10.5 ave. at 65mph
empty 14 65 mph sure wish I could get the mileage some of you are getting

[CaFordGuy]

I'll play.

2012 Ford 6.7l, cc, lb, drw with a Lance 880 (~3600 lbs ready to camp)

Empty: around 20 mpg at 55 mph, around 17 mpg at 75 mph

Camper on: around 13 mpg at 75 mph, 16 mpg at 60 mpg, around 18 at 55 drafting a semi

Towing a 4000 lbs ski boat and truck loaded: 15.6 mpg at 59 mph.

Terrain is a California mix, flat and hilly (1000 ft ish) with a few mountains.

Averaged about 15 mpg in a San Jose (0 ish) to Tahoe (6000 feet ish) and back with the camper on and fully loaded. Speed was 62 ish.

[portscanner]

12-14 loaded running at 60 mph
16-18 unloaded running at 60 mph

Mileage will vary depending on where I am (mostly central to north Georgia and central to north Alabama)

[countrycampers3]

I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK GUYS!!!! THANKS. :C

[countrycampers3]

Gary Gadget,
I'm just trying to get a census of what truck might get better fuel economy, so when I go to trade off my truck I might be able to save a few extra dollar of fuel. Who couldn't use a little extra cash. A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Earned. Thanks Keep on T/C'en.

[skipbee]

On a trip to Alaska from Maryland and return we averaged 11.5 mpg for the entire trip. the rig was weighed when loaded setting off at a little under 14,000 lbs. See our signature below.

Since them we have been practicing some methods to increase our mileage. If we keep our RPM's at or below 2000 RPM we have been able to increase to 14.5 mpg on a cosistant basis, we slow as we climb, let the speed build going down hill, and take off slowly. We have discovered alot of other diesel powered vehicles doing the same.

[ryoung]

Normal unloaded driving, which I do very little, around 18 - 19 mpg.

With the camper, 15 mpg.

And that's no lie.:)

[fatmanobx]

I just made a 3800 mile trip from Ar. to Penn and W.Va. and my 2004 Ford SD 6.0 with camper got 14.5 as a overall average. There was over a 1000miles of mt. travel. With the camper off i get about the same oddly enough....

[Capeman1]

2001 Ford F-350 7.3 liter diesel
18 MPG around town unloaded
22 highway unloaded
14.9 - 13 MPG loaded with 10' Bigfoot

[DWeikert]

2008 Chevy/Duramax

Empty
mostly 2 lane country roads, I average around 17 mpg
Highway (60-65 mph) 19-20

Loaded with camper in sig
On a 4443 mile trip from PA to Yellowstone and back, fuel used, 318 gallons of diesel. Worst mileage, 12.3 mpg (head wind in South Dakota). Best mileage, 16.9, but that was only half a tank with half of that spent driving 35-45 MPH in Yellowstone and the other half the downhill run to the East entrance of the park and into Cody WY. Best all highway tank 15 mpg with a quartering tail wind across Indiana and Ohio. Average MPG, 13.97.

[weymard]

with the camper : 13 mpg

Empty around town and backroads : 15

Empty on 2x2 lanes : 18 mpg (speed max 115 km/h = 71 mph)

F250 2008 4x4 crew cab short bed

[fuelhauler]

2005 Dodge dually quad cab 4x4 6 speed manual 373 gears.
loaded 12,400 lbs hwy 14mpg, city 12 mpg
empty 18 mpg hwy, 15 mpg city

[Craig_A]

I have an 02 F250 with 7.3 and 373 rear end. Running empty, at 55mph i get 20 mpg, normal driving running 72 or so I get mid 17s. With fiver in signature at 65 I get between 10 and 11. Truck has 210,000 miles and has had minimum repairs.

[brirene]

With truck in my sig I'm getting 14-15 around town, and 10.5-12 towing 11.5I. These figures are mostly on the flats. Don't do a lot of hwy miles unless I'm towing.

[Less_Stuff]

Only figure my milage by how much fuel is used during a trip.
Last trip of 6456 miles used 475 gallons of diesel.
That's 13.6 miles per gallon.
Two weeks of that trip the camper was unloaded so the truck was running around empty.
The fuel cost me $1864.66.
So the average gallon cost $3.93.
Trip was May and June this year.

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